Dr Stella O Odebode is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development ,Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural development ,University of Ibadan ,Ibadan.Nigeria. Her research focusses on Gender and Generation Issues in Agricultural Extension & Rural Development. She is the current Principal Investigator of the Gender Mainstreaming Office,University of Ibadan. Dr Stella O Odebode has over eighty publications in reputable journals,over fifteen chapters in books and two texbooks on sweetpotato processing and utilisation. She has attended seminars, conferences and workshops in different countries including the United state of America, United Kingdom, China,Holland, France, India,Uganda, Kenya,Canada,Hannover, Bonn,Belgium,Ghana,Cameroon e.t.c